Government’s plan was ‘deeply damaging experiment’ – Blackford

Desk Report: More now on some of what the opposition parties in Westminster have been saying today.
The SNP’s Westminster leader Ian Blackford has described the government’s economic plan as a “deeply damaging experiment”.

He told BBC Breakfast that September’s mini-budget, which sparked market turmoil, caused foreign investors to question whether they should place their money in the UK.

He said the prime minister had to take responsibility for the “self-induced” problem.